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SAUL BERNSTEIN OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ARTISTS SKETCHING OUTFIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,803, dated February9, 1897.

Application filed August 4, 1-896. Serial No. 601,666. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAUL BERNSTEIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertainnewand useful Improvements in Artists Sketching Outfits, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ar tists outfit for outdoorsketching.

The object of the invention is to provide a serviceable and convenientapparatus which shall include an easel, a stand, a box to contain paper,colors, &c., an umbrella-holder, and a stool all constructed to coacttogether in use and so combined as to admit of being folded and packedtogether in small compass and carried by a suitable handle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective of the outfit set up ready for sketching. Fig.2 is a side view of the same outfit folded ready to be carried. Fig. 3is an edge view of the folded apparatus. Fig. 4. shows four detailfigures of the stand and prop or support. Fig. 5 shows two longitudinalviews of the easel-standard, the brace-bar at the bottom, and leg of thestool, also a cross-section View of same. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectionview, on a large scale, of the standard and shows the top clamp forholding down the sketch-board. Fig. 7 is a detail view, partly insection, also on a large scale, of the standard shelf or ledge forsupporting the sketch-board. Fig. Sis a top view of said shelf or ledge.Fig. 9 shows two Views of one leg of the stool and the hinged foot onthe leg.

Referring to the drawings, the letters A A designate the folding orpivoted legs of the stool, of which a is the canvas seat. The two innerlegs A have at one side a board I), which serves as the bottom of a box,and the same legs at their lower end have a cross-bar 0, to which alidor half-cover cl is secured by hinges d. The other pair of legs A at thetop and to the crossbar e, to which the canvas seat is secured, has ahalf-cover B, secured by hinges c. This last half-cover serves as astand or table (see Fig. 1) when the apparatus is in use for sketching.When the stool is folded, the two half-covers d B have their meetingedges at the center and form acomplete lid for the box. (See Figs. 2 and3.) The described construction of the two half-lids, when the apparatusis set up for use, enables one lid B to take a horizontal position as atable substantially in a plane even with the canvas seat and enables theother to be tilted back, so that a projecting bar d rigidly attached toit, may serve as a prop to support said table. (See Fig. 1.) When thetwo halflids are closed, (see Fig. 2,) this projecting bar 61 on one lidlaps over onto the other lid.

The half lid or table B has on top a metal plate f, flush with thesurface and through which a hole f passes. A boss or thick block f onthe bottom of the table surrounds the said hole f. The easel-standard 0when set up passes through this hole, and thereby the said half-lid Bserves as a stay for said standard, as well as for a table.

The projecting bar 01 at the top end is beveled, as at g, and thisbeveled end enters a socket g in the boss f This bar also has near theend a hole h, and a spring-bolt h, movable in a keeper or slideway hattached to the bottom of the table, enters said hole It in the bar andthereby locks the bar when its beveled end is in the socket g and keepsit from disconnecting. This device by keeping the table fastened upinsures that the standard 0 will not loseits upper stay. While theprop-bar d is in the position shown in Fig. 1 to support the half-lid Bas a table, the half-lid (1 serves as an inclined holder to supportpapers or sheets of drawing whose ends are resting in the box.

The lower cross-bar c on the legs A has on its under side a metal plate0, and the lower end of the standard 0 has a racked bar D, secured to itby a hinge 2'.

of the rackedbar engage the metal plate 0', (see also Fig. 5,) andthereby the foot of the standard is held immovable. The extremity of thestandard has a prong t, which enters the ground and also serves to holdthe standard. The two stool-legs A, which have the metal plate 0', alsohave at their ends hinged feet I). When in use, these feet spread out onthe surface of the ground and prevent the end of the legs frompenetrating the ground, but when not in use these hinged feet may beturned back and take position alongside of the leg, as indicated bybroken lines in Fig 9.

When the outfit is set up in the field, as in Fig. 1, the teeth Asliding wedge E has a dovetailed groove j, and the standard 0 has alongitudinal plate with beveled edges 011 which the said groove of thewedge fits. The wedge may slide up or down on the standard. hen theoutfit is set up, this wedge enters the hole f in the table 13 andserves to tighten the standard, which is also in said hole. The standard0 is made in short lengths or sections, which are united by ascrew-joint K. (Seen in section in Fig 5.)

The shelf or ledge F for supporting the sketch-board is shown in Figs.1, '7, and 8. This shelf has two parallel longitudinal edge flanges 7c,and at the center has a hole 472, through which a sprin g-catch npasses. This spring-catch is secured at the bottom side of the shelf bya rivet n,and it passes up through the said hole m, and then projectslaterally at the front over one of the flanges k and terminates in athumb-piece 02 The shelf sets on an arm or stud G, which projectshorizontally from the standard 0. On its top side this arm has a notch0, which receives the elbow part of the spring-catch 02. (See Fig. 7.)The bottom of the shelf F has two parallel cross-bars 13, one of whichis shown in Fig. 7, and both are indicated by broken lines in Fig. 8.These two cross-bars 19 take on opposite sides of the said stud G and bycontact with said stud serve to steady the shelf. \Vhen the spring-catchis engaged with the notch 0, the shelf will be retained in position. Todetach the shelf, it is only necessary to lift the projecting end 11. ofthe catch.

The arm or stud G,which supports the shelf, is vertically adjustable onthe standard 0. This is effected by the side grooves 61 in the standardand a slide-head I, movable up and down by plates q, fitting in saidgrooves. The slide-head I carries the arm or stud G and has a set-screwT, which serves to hold it to the standard at any height to which it maybe set.

A top clamp J is employed on the standard to hold down the sketch-board1 (Shown in Fig. 3.) The sketch-board will set on the shelf F, and thistop clamp J will engage the upper edge of the sketch-board and keep itpressed down to its seat on the shelf. The same grooves 1 beforereferred to receive plates (1 on the top clamp and thus form aslide-head. A set-screw s on the clamp impinges against the standard 0,and thus con-. fines the slide-head and clamp in position. Theslide-head carries a clamp'blade t, whose prongs 25' point downward.This blade has two parallel projecting arms a, which loosely fit inholes or sockets in the slide-head and may be pushed in or drawn out alittle. The set-screw passes through the clamp-blade t. It will now beseen that the prongs t of the top clamp-blade may be entered into theupper edge of the sketch-board or stretcher which may happen to be inposition on the shelf F.

The top extremity of the standard has an upright bolt to, 011 which isfitted an umbrellaholder. This holder comprises a collar w, surroundingthe bolt, and a suitable clamp device 20 swiveled to the collar. Thesaid clamp grasps the handle cc of the umbrella. In this class of clampsa set-screw is usually employed to tighten the clamp on theumbrella-handle. Such clamps afford a wide range of movement of theumbrella-handle, and thereby enable the umbrella to be adjusted to anydesired position, so as to afford shade for the person occupying thestool-seat. Vhen there is but little breeze, the easelstandard C maythus be utilized to hold the umbrella, but of course if the wind shouldblow too hard the umbrella thus supported would make the easel toounsteady for the artists work, and in such case the umbrella would haveto be removed.

hen the entire outfit is folded (except in g only the standard) ready tobe carried, a hook Z, pivoted on the prop-bar (1 engages with a stapleor eye 1, which projects through the cover B and also through a slot insaid. prop-bar. This staple or eye 1 is rigidly fixed to the bottomboard I) or to a cross-piece in the box, of which said board Z2 is thebottom. "When the parts are thus folded, a handle 1 is employed and acord The cord is passed twice around the folded parts (see Figs. 2 and3) and over the base ends y of the handle and the end secured firmly,and said cords bind all the folded parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an artistssketching outfit, the combination of a stool having a canvas seat andcrossed pivoted legs, one pair of which has a bottom board, I), and endsforming a box, and a hinged half-cover, cl, provided with an attachedprop-bar, C1 and the other pair of legs has at the top a hingedhalf-cover, B, said two half-covers, when the stool is folded, havingtheir meeting edges at the center, and when the stool is set up for usesaid hinged half-cover, B, may take ahorizontal position as a tablesubstantially in a plane even with the canvas seat, and be sustained bysaid prop-bar attached to the other half-cover.

2. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having acanvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the saidstool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and saidtable provided with ahole; an easel-standard, C, which, when set up,passes through said hole in the table, whereby the hinged table servesas astay for said standard.

3. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having acanvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the saidstool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and saidtable provided on the bottom with a boss, said boss having a socket, g;a prop-bar, 62 connected with the stool-legs and its upper end havingahole,

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h, and the extremity of said end adapted to enter said socket; and aspring-bolt, h, on the bottom of said table which enters the hole in theprop-bar and thereby locks the latter while its extremity is in thesocket.

4:. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having acanvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a lowercross-bar on one pair oflegs havinga metal plate, 0; a table, B, hinged to the said stoolsubstantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat and said tableprovided with a hole; an easel-standard, O, which, when set up, passesthrough said hole in the table; and a-racked bar, D, secured to thelower end of said standard and adapted to engage the said metal plate,as set forth.

5. In an artists sketching outfit, the combination of a stool having acanvas seat and crossed pivoted legs; a table, B, hinged to the saidstool substantially in a horizontal plane even with the seat, and saidtable provided with ahole; an easel-standard, O, which when set up,passes through said hole in the table;

and a wedge, E, secured to said easel-stand- .ard by' a dovetailed slidedevice so as to be movable up and downsaid wedge entering the hole inthe table through which the easeling plates which take in said groovesand is vertically movable on said standard, and held in position by aset-screw, a; an arm or stud, G, projecting from said slide-head andhaving a notch; a shelf or ledge, F, adapted to set upon the said arm orstud and provided with a spring-catch, it, having an elbow-bend whichengages said notch and thereby retains the shelf in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAUL BERNSTEIN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J12, CHAPIN A. FERGUSON.

